Basket-handle-fastening machine.



E. HORTON. BASKET HANDLE FASTENING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1', I915. 1,179,184. Patented A r.- 11, 1916.

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BASKET HANDLE FASTENING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. I915. 1,179,184. Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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E. HORTON.

BASKET HANDLE FASTENING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1915- 1 179,184. Patented Apr. 11; 1916. 4 SHEETS-SBEET 3.

E. HORTON.

BASKET HANDLE FASTENING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1915.

1,179,18. I Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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BASKET-HANDLE-FASTENING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

Application filed June 1, 1915. Serial No. 31,511.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMMETT HORTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmira, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Basket- Handle-Fastening Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in basket-handle fastening machines.

The object of this invention is to provide means for catching and holding the basket, firmly impaling its opposite sides simultaneously upon the sharp points of a wire handle previously positioned for the purpose, and finally in one continuous motion of the machine clenching the ends securely around the rim of the basket, whereby to eifect a quick, permanent and rigid fastening of the handle to the basket.

With these objects in view, the invention comprises a solid cast-iron base, means for holding a handle in position to be applied to the basket, a pair of jaws which receive the opposite edges of the basket approximately at the center when operating on a standard grape-basket, means for swinging positively to cause the ends of the handle to impale opposite sides of the basket, anvils for clenching said ends, and means for applying the required pressure to said anvils. v

The invention further consists, in connection with the foregoing elements, of a means of gaging the basket so that the handle is invariably applied approximately at its center.

The invention still further consists in certain mechanical elements for feeding one handle at a time in position, where it is held in readiness to be applied to the basket when the latter is positioned and its sides are being clamped and impaled by the ends, after which clenched.

' In the accompanying drawings :-F1gu re 1 is a top plan view showing a handle 1n full lines in position to be applied, and the position of the parts of the machine in full lines when the basket is inserted in the machine preparatory to having the handle applied; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view; Fig. 3 is a view'in front eleva: tion; Fig. 4 is a view with the top plate removed showing the parts in the position taken at the completion of the clenching;

the latter are securely Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view showing the clenching partly completed; Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the ends of the handle still further clenched; Fig. 7 is a detail showing the completion of the clenching; Fig. 8 is one of the anvils; Fig. 9 is a view of one of the spring-guides for the handles; Fig. 10 is a detached view of one of the rigid plates between which the handles are temporarily wedged and held; Fig. 11 is a detail showing the left-hand handle holder; and Figs. 12 and 13 are detail views showing the end of the plunger26.

A is the cast-metal base. This is adapted to be bolted to a table or bench, as at 1, 1, through the flanged outer edge 2. The main central portion constitutes a housing and support for the principal working parts of the machine, the opposite sides of the casting being connected across by the integral horizontal bridge 3, on opposite sides of which these working parts are arranged.

A reciprocating-bar 4 has longitudinal sliding connection with the base upon which it is supported, and by which it is guided in its movements, the outer ends being straddledand supported by the studs 5, 5. A

as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the function of which is to swing and positively control the movement of the two clamping-jaws 9, 9, between the forward bifurcated ends of which the edge of the basket B is held, as shown in Figs. 1, 5, 6 and 7 These clamp ing-jaws '9 are inthe general form illustrated in Fig. 4, they being fulcrumed-at or near the center on studs 10, 10, and at their inner ends provided y/ith rollers 11, 11, which travel in cams 8, 8. These cams 8, 8', are in the main parallel, as shown in Fig. '4, although their inner ends exten'd outwardly, and the jaws are consequently held stationary during the 'greaterpart of the movement of the hand-lever 12, they being swung inwardly when the laterally-extending innerends of the cams 8, 8, reach the rollers 11, 11, in the extreme outer position of the bar 4. The reciprocating bar also has at its head end a pair of upturned lugs 13 s a I most first by the plunger v26, which is confined between a pair of guides 27, 27, in its and 14, between which the hand-lever 12 is confined, and by which the bar is reciprocated in and out, accordingly as the handlever is forced forward or backward, the hand-lever being fulcrumed at one end on the post 15.

The anvils 16, 16, for clenching the ends of .the handles are provided with screwthreaded shanks 17 (see Fig. 8) whereby they are screwed into the outer ends of the.

I levers 18, 18. These levers 18 are fulcrumed conveniently on the upper ends of the studs 5,5, after which, in the neighborhood of the center of the machine, they cross, as the blades of a pair of shears (as shown very clearly in Figs. 1 and 4) and links 20, 20, are pivotally connected to the outer ends of these levers 18 and to each other at the longitudinal center of the machine by means of the pin or rivet 21 at a point between the flugs 13 and 14 in the direct path of the latter, in position to be engaged by one and fee then the other, the lug 13 to force the anvils outward in the clenching operation, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7, and exert a powerful leverage thereon, and the lug 1 4 in position towithdraw the anvils and bring them together as shown in Fig. 1, when the hand-lever 12 is swung outward. After the anvils are screwed into the ends the levers,

they are held securely in place by set-screws 22, 22. Thus the reciprocating bar 4 has the combined function of swinging and controllingthe clamping-jaws which hold the edges of thebasket and causing them to be impaled by the ends of the handles, and also the levers which carry the anvils for clenching the ends of the handles to the basket, a

' of the studs 5,5, extend powerful and positive leverage being pro vided for these essential movin parts in this simple manner, namely by the endwise reciprocations of the bar 4 operated by the hand-lever 12.

' v A face-plate 23 is secured to the base just' over the clamping-jaws and anvil-levers by means of the bolts 24, 24. The upper ends into this face-plate, as-shown in Fig. 1. v

Y 'Erected on\the face-plate are the two handle-holders 25, 25. These are made of metal bentinto the form of an acute angle to conform to andembrace the bends in the sides of thehandles. Handles H are stacked vertically in the holders,- and they are forced from the holders, one at a time, the bottom- I I movements back and forth, the plunger be- I ing operated by the hand-lever 28, which is fulcrumed conveniently on the samepost15 on which" the hand-lever 12 is fulcrumed.

The plunger 26 rests upon the face-plate and, asiit is forced inward, its grooved projecting forward ends. 29 engage the lowermost handle and force it through the slots 30 of the forwardside of the handle-holders 25, 25, shown in Fig. 11; and as the plunger 26 tapers a little at the forward end and is a trifle thicker than the handles, as it moves forward it pushes a handle at a time from the holders, and in so doingdt lifts all the other handles slightly therefrom.

As the lowermost handle is forced forward, its corners contact with the inner edges of the spring guides 31, 31, shown in Figs; 1, '5, 6, 7 and 9, the springs 32 exerting a slight pressure thereon, and creating a slight resistance to the handles, thus insuring three points of contact, namely at the two sides or corners and the middle, so that-they are always fed properly forward, after which they are received between the two handle-holding plates 33, 33, (Figs. 1, 5, 6, 7 and 10), where they are held and supported from the back during the impaling and clenching operation.

A U-shaped guide G is secured to the base to receive the end of the basket, and when the end of the latter is placed in this gage, the center falls opposite the end of the handle. The stops 34:, 34, are in position approximately beneath I the clamping-j aws, and

against these the basket is held. v

In operation, the levers are normally both thrown to the position shown in Fig. 1, that is to the outermost position where they are not quite but nearly parallel. The operator first pulls the hand-lever 28 toward him thereby pushing forward a handle into position between the handle-holding plates 33, 33, after which he immediately swings .the lever 28 back to its normal position.

He now takes a basket, puts one end against the gage G, compressing the center, and slides it into the two clamping-jaws 9, 9, as. in Fig. 1. Having thus placed and held the basket, the operator swings the lever 12 toward him, as far as it will go, with a good smart pull. This causes the insertion of the ends of the handles into the basket, and the final clenching of these ends around the basket rim, all of which is shown successively in Figs. 1, 5, 6 and 7. He then swings the hand-lever 12 back to its normal position, and removes the basket which is comprising means between which the handles to befastenedare temporarily held against outward movement, movable means for impaling the sides of the basket upon the'ends of the handle thus held,-anvils for clenching said handle-ends, and a single operating lever for actuating said movable means and anvils at timed intervals.

3. A basket-handle fastening machine, comprising stationary means and movable means for of a basket upon the ends of the handle to be aflixedthereto, and movable anvils which engage the handle ends and clench them by pressing toward the stationary handle-holding means. j

4. A basket-handle fastening machine, comprising a gage,- laterally movable clamping-jaws, means for holding the handles while said jaws impale the basket upon the handle ends, and movable anvils acting in opposition to said handle-holding means to clench the ends of the handles.

5. A basket-handle fastening machine, comprising a gage, laterally movable clamping-jaws, means for holding the handles while said jaws impale the basket upon the handle ends, movable anvils acting in opposition to said handle-holding means to clench the ends of the handles, and a reciprocating bar having cams which actuate and positively move the clamping-jaws.

6. A basket-handle fastening machine, comprising a gage, laterally movable clamping-jaws, means for holding the handles while said jaws impale the basket upon the handle ends, movable anvils acting in opposition to said handle-holding means to clench the ends of the handles, a reciprocating bar having cams which actuate and positively move the clamping-jaws, and means carried by said reciprocating bar for moving the anv'ls.

7. A basketandle fastening machine, comprising a gage, laterally movable clamping-jaws, .means for holding the handles while said jaws impale the basket upon the handle ends, movable anvils acting in opposition to said handle-holding means to clench the ends of the handles, a reciprocating bar having cams which actuate and positively move the clamping-jaw, means carried by said reciprocating bar for moving the anvils, and a hand-lever having connection with the reciprocating-bar for moving the latter to actuate the clamping-jaws and anvils.

8. In a basket-handle fastening machine, the combination with a base, a reciprocating-bar having sliding connection therewith, said bar having grooves therein, and provided with a pair. of lugs, of movable clamping-jaws and movable anvils, both of which a are actuated by said reciprocating bar, one by the grooves and the other by the lugs.

9. A basket-handle fastening machine, comprising a base, a face-plate, handleholders erected thereon, a plunger for regripping and impaling the sides one stud to the "other,

moving a handle at a time, stationary handle-making plates, and pivoted springguides which cooperate with the plunger in guiding a. handle at a time between the stationary handle-plates.

10. A basket-handle fastening machine, comprising a base, a face-plate, handleholders erected thereon, a plunger for removing a handle at a time, stationary handle-holding plates, pivoted spring-guides which cooperate with the plunger in guiding a handle at a time between the stationary handle-plates, and movable means for causing the basket to be' handled to be impaled upon the ends of the handle held by the handle-holding plates, and movable means for clenching the ends of said handle.

11. A basket-handle fastening machine, comprising a base, a face-plate, handleholders erected thereon having their lower ends slotted at the forward edge for the escape of a single handle at a time, and a slightly tapered plunger a trifle thicker than the handlesand constructed and adapted to push a handle at a time from the holders and in so doing lift the remaining handles away from the lowermost handle.

12. In a basket-handle fastening machine, I

ciprocating-bar having lugs and cams at one end, an operating hand-lever fulcrumed on the base and passing between said lugs on the reciprocating-bar for actating the latter,

links pivoted together and located between the lugs, crossed anvil-levers fulcrumed on the base and pivotally connected with said links, anvils carried by these levers, and clamping-jaws pivoted to the base and having rollers in the cams of the reciprocating bar, whereby, when the latter moves, the clamping-jaws are actuated.

14. In a basket-handle fastening machine, the combination with 'a base having a bridge across from side to side,'and a faceplate, studs extending through the bridge and face-plate, a cross-pin extending from slida-bly connected with the face-plateand between said studs and beneath the bridge, pivotally-mounted clamping jaws, and anvils, said with and operated by the reciprocating bar, and means for actuating said bar.

movable means for impaling of a reciprocating bar jaws and anvils having connection 15. In .a basket-handle fastening machine, the combination with a base having a bridge across from side to side, and a faceplate, studs extending through'the bridge and face-plate, a cross-pin extending from one stud to the other, of a reciprocating. bar slidably connected with the face plate and between said studs and beneath the bridge,

' pivotally-mounted clamping jaws, andaiu vils, said jaws and anvils having. connection with and operated by the reciprocating bar,-

means for actuating said bar, and means'for supporting a supply ofhandles, .a plunger for feeding a handle at a time, and, means" 7 between which the handles are wedged for holding the latter while 'clampingejaws impale the basket upon their ends.

16. A basket-handle fastening machine,'

comprising means between which the han dles to befastened are temporarilyfheld against outward movement, outwardly movable means for impaling the sides of the basket upon the ends of the handle thus held,

and outwardly moving anvils for clenching said handle-ends.

17; basket-handle j fasteningmachine, f

comprising stationary" means between which the handles are" held, outwardly movable means or gripping. and impaling'the sides of a basket" upon the ends-of the handles,

and movable=anvils which'engage the handle ends and clench them by pressing toward' the stationary handle-holding means.

118. A basket-handle fastening machine, *comprisin'g 'means'between which the handles to be fastened are temporarily held, 0s- ;cil lat'ory means for rec'e'iving and embracing the, opposite edges of the basket and tions whereby. to impale them upon the ends offthe handles, and means actuated after the'completion of the impaling to engage and clenchthe ends of the handles. In testimony in the presence of two witnesses;

swinging them laterally in opposite direc-' whereof 'I aflix-my signature, 

